Why Gen Z and Alpha Are Making Teachers Quit

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In this video we’re going to discuss why so many teachers are quitting after dealing with Gen Z and Alpha. Is it the millennial parenting? The iPad kids? The teachers? The administration? Let’s take a look and see what the teachers have to say.

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0:00 - Intro
0:21 - No Support
2:03 - Teachers Walking Out
2:51 - Disrespectful Students
7:29 - Teacher Breaks Down
10:10 - Teachers Quitting
15:16 - Kids Can’t Read
18:47 - Never Teaching Again
21:47 - Final Thoughts

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[amirxodom]

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[natassiac.]

Three problems:
1. Negligent/Faulty administration
2. Social media & toxic entertainment
3. Bad parenting or home life

[ChlorophilG]

Another issue is the kids who show up eager to learn and behave themselves have their education ruined by others in the classroom who don't.

[gwynadams]

High school librarian here. A student punched me in the eye because he didn't want to go get a worksheet from a teacher who was expecting him. I didn't yell, etc. He attacked me, then attacked a counselor, then the safety team, and finally, a police officer.

[Blahgirl]

I think the adults are doing this too. In society, to one another, increasingly so. The adults do it in the streets, on the busses, in friendships, at work, on the news, in stores - bullying, assault, entitlement, slander, backstabbing, emotional and verbal abuse. As an older gen z, I’ve been noticing this more and more. There’s more cruelty out here. The adults are more cruel and more entitled. People bullying customer service workers and posting it, etc. I left a bad situation with that person revealing to me her frame of mind for the behavior: “we don’t owe anyone anything.”

The adults are worse out here, too.

[lordshaitan]

This is what happens when you teach generations about their rights but not their responsibilities.

[PSALTISK]

I blame the parents, not saying "NO" to their kid, giving them everything they want, not talking to them about right and wrong. I could go on for days.

[sillielillie]

Former teacher here! I literally had to teach children manners. I had to make sure they were held accountable. I had to work my ass off to catch them up to their reading levels. My class was one of the most polite in the school. However, I ended up not leaving due to the students. I left because the administration did nothing to help students or teachers. There was no support. We were overworked and underpaid and barely appreciated.

I didn't leave because of them. I still miss my students. But let me make it clear; I had to step up when the parents so obviously didn't step in.

[repugnantiæ]

Parent of a child with Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD) and another with dyslexia.

With my ODD child, now adult, I wanted them to suspend, expel, and hold back my kid. Unfortunately, administration, insisted on passing them. It was obvious they were more worried about their numbers than my child behaving. They would say they were protecting their future. I said they were teaching them to keep causing trouble. They ended up getting their GED… in prison.

With my child with dyslexia, they are in AP English, AP Math, and GT. They’ve never been in trouble. They are ahead of their peers, and we are always watching documentaries and video essays together. They tell me all the time about how horrible the other students are, and how their parents don’t teach them anything.

Schools need to fail more kids, and hold more kids accountable for their actions. Parents need to do a better job of teaching their kids basic decency and morals. Not allowing kids to experience the consequences of their activities, sets them up for failure.

[neuropsychroberts]

I'm a teacher and I have seen a lot. But my oldest daughter has had the worst. She was put in a hospital in middle school by a bully. The admin had the bully make a "Get Well Soon" card...for a punishment. Huh??!!! For hospitalization? For a morphine drip?
So I called the school district's police department. The bully was removed in handcuffs.
School's response to me: "What have you done? That poor kid (the bully) has been through so much. It was so embarrassing to be removed like that"
Not my child who left school in an ambulance. She was put back together by an orthopedic surgeon?
Admin only reached out to our family after the bully was arrested
😳
It's beyond outrageous what happens in many schools. Good admin is everything!

[jaxondrawss]

I'm gen alpha. I'm 13. I'm turning 14 this summer, and I hate it. I've experienced it all, everything stated here. Disrespect and violence. My parents raised me right, thankfully, and I know basic manners and decency. I love my teachers, so so much. They're the nicest people I've ever met in real life, they're amazing. Yet, they have to raise their voice or get mad because of the kids who don't understand these basic human decency and think it's okay to do whatever they'd like. I'm really tempted to make a bunch of cards for my teachers; just to remind them how much I enjoy their classes, and how much they're respected by me. They put up with enough.

[Megalodon]

100% its the parenting. I'm a 1993 Millennial with 3 children (5, 3, and 9 months) who homeschools. I got my teaching degree but right as I was entering the school system I married my husband who was homeschooled and with lots of conversations, we decided we'd do the same for our kids.

My 5 year old is probably at a 2nd grade reading level at this point because she loves it so much but I care more about how my children treat others than what level of education they're on.

Case in point, my 3 year old is quite the spit fire, she's not one to follow rules the first go like her older sister but you can bet we teach consequences for your actions.

Yesterday we were at swim lessons and I noticed my daughter (along with other kids in her class) were running away from the teacher instead of listening and following instructions. Us parents aren't allowed to intervene unless called over so I waited until class was done. My daughter runs up to me and I tell her she was being disrespectful to her teacher and her teacher's time by running away instead of learning. I then told her we are going to walk over to her and apologize for being disrespectful and because of this she will not be getting her 10 minutes of tablet time today. (I am EXTREMELY strict on tablet times and what my kids play - basically only educational games haha)

Today, my daughter was listening even when others were being crazy. The teacher had to chase after other Gen Alpha kids while my daughter stood and waited.

KIDS CAN BE TAUGHT TO BE RESPECTFUL IN A GENTLE WAY.

Obviously I know kids will not be perfect and they have bad days, there's grace for that, but my gosh, I fear for my children when they go to colleges or work later in life.

[FlyDragonfly]

14:38 I had this issue in 1993. Back then I was a substitute teacher for “army brats“. There was no respect and no regard for property or people. One student took my car keys off my desk and threw them in the outside garbage can when I wasn’t looking. No one would confess or help me find them, it took half a day to find them. Another student lit the locker outside of my classroom on fire, neither one was reprimanded or punished. Admin did not talk to the parents. I was blamed as the teacher for not being aware that these things were happening to me. It was enough to give up my dream of being a teacher. I completely understand what these teachers are going through right now. It is sad that it is happening everywhere and not just “army brats“…

[tiduswhiteblade]

The worst part is that those kids laughing about teachers leaving don’t realize how powerless they’re going to be if public education goes away. A population of uneducated citizenry is that much easier to rule and control. These kids are digging their own graves and are too ignorant to realize it.

[denisemiller]

I was assaulted by 18 year old student. His consequence was 2 day suspension. I pressed charges. My administration didn’t support me. That’s what pushed me to retire at the end of this year.

[DaesoTheOne]

I graduated this year. We watched some of our favorite teachers quit my last year because of the disrespect from students. There was this one couple that i had a class with that was constantly disruptive and made the whole class much worse. Everytime we'd watch a movie they'd always complain that it wasn't the one they wanted. We lost class privileges because of them and kids who wanted to learn couldn't because they can't keep their mouth shut. It was straight deplorable. I feel so bad for Gen A kids that are going to constantly deal with not only the stigma but the awful people they're going to be forced to grow up with.

[beebee]

The first lady at the beginning nailed it. The teachers do not have any support for terrible behavior, they are supposed to just sit there and take abuse? They can't escalate behavioral problems if the Administrators are going to delete referrals to the principal. The Administrators ALREADY KNOW what the problem is, but they don't want to hold parents accountable, and they do not want to enforce any discipline or consequences for behavior, pushing all of it back on to the teacher. No employee can survive in a daily abusive environment, no matter what job you have.

[DaLo]

Several years ago, I worked as juvenile corrections officer. I once asked one of the teachers why they chose to teach in a jail instead of public schools. Her response? "They want to be in class. It's a chance to get out of their unit. But If they do act up in my classroom here, y'all come get them. In public schools, that doesn't happen. I'm forced to teach through the disruption." My face 😮

[devonnabrown]

It’s honestly scary to think that an entire generation is growing up and coming into the world without any sense of + having every decision and feeling validated

[nhbfttp]

I went to a private religious high school. People would call it extremely strict. We had to wear uniforms. Phones were not allowed during the school day at all. When we were allowed out of uniform, we adhered to a strict dress code. We had a house system (like Harry Potter), and if any student lost too many points, they would receive demerits. Students could not play sports if their grades dropped too much.
This all sounds very strict - and I guess it probably was. But anyone can see the results in EVERY GRADUATING CLASS. There's only been four so far, but here is how it went. Almost every single student has graduated AT LEAST cum laude. All of us were on track for the workforce, college, or trade school. We all can have civil debate on nearly any topic, even though many of us have wildly different opinions. We can read and annotate nearly anything. All of us made it to pre-calculus at least, and the vast majority continued to calculus. The classes were rigorous. The rules were intense. Acting out resulted in demerits and detentions. Probably this seems inconceivable to most people, but I challenge anyone to dispute the results.

So what's my point? I am calling for a return to such schooling. Even if it wasn't fun while I was doing it - and I won't pretend to be a perfect students who never broke the rules - we learned self discipline. We were essentially forced to be good students (the peer pressure from losing house points is nothing to sneeze at), and it shows. I don't know if it's possible to do this with this generation, but I think that if we don't try it, nothing is going to get better